Europe details open and connected aviation strategy

10 June 2017

The European Commission has detailed how it plans to implement its aviation strategy, fleshing out plans for competition regulation, ownership and control, mitigation of air traffic control (ATC) strikes, and public service obligation (PSO) routes.
In 2015, the Commission adopted the “Aviation Strategy for Europe.” Two priorities of this strategy were to maintain international aviation leadership and to tackle barriers to growth.
On June 8, the Commission issued a communication, named the “Open and Connected Aviation” package, detailing four ways it plans to deliver on this strategy.
The four measures comprise:

A regulatory proposal aimed at “safeguarding” air transport competition

Guidelines on how to interpret the European Union’s (EU’s) airline ownership and control rules